Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...

Hand-colored image of John Wesley Kinzer from Columbia, Tenn. He was reportedly educated at Vanderbilt and had a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Kinzer married Nancy Taylor. His brother-in-law, John Taylor, was wounded at Shiloh.

Oath of allegiance taken by Mrs. Nancy Alexander of Lincoln County, Tennessee. In the oath, Mrs. Alexander swears to "maintain the national sovereignty paramount to all County, State or Confederate powers." She also agrees to "forever oppose...